Police are appealing for information as they investigate the armed robbery of a bottle shop at Leichhardt last night.

About 8:40pm, Saturday 30 August 2014, a man armed with a knife entered the bottle shop on Catherine Street and approached the counter.

He threatened a male employee and was handed cash from the register before stealing the wallet of another man who also working in the store.

The armed man then ran off and was seen to get into a 1990s model white Holden Commodore which was being driven by another man.

Police from Leichhardt Local Area Command were called to the bottle shop and established a crime scene. No one was injured during the robbery.

Detectives are continuing their investigations and are looking for a man who has been described as being 188cm tall with a solid build.

He was wearing a black hooded jumper, dark pants, white joggers and had his face covered by a dark-coloured t-shirt.